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No and the Maybes live in London

Danish act No and the Maybes will be playing a few London shows this month:

03/27 - Proud Galleries
03/30 - Buffalo Bar
03/31 - The Camden Head

Elias & the Wizzkids - Crooked road (live video)

Check out a live video of Elias & the Wizzkids performing "Crooked roads" with an old church organ in Luleå: https://www.eliasandthewizzkids.se/wp/wp-content/uploads/crooked_lulte%C3%A52.mov

Surrounded at SXSW, more

Swedish act Surrounded will be playing a few shows at SXSW this week:

03/17 - Dominican Joes, Austin, TX
03/18 - Victorian Room @ The Driskill, Austin, TX
03/21 - The Ghost Room, Austin, TX

Preview a few tracks from their forthcoming album "Oppenheimer and Woodstock" at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/surrounded
No release date yet, but it was mixed by Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, Snow Patrol), Bill Racine (The Flaming Lips, Mates of State, Sparklehorse) and Paul Mahajan (TV on the Radio, The National, Liars) and will be put out by .

Anchorless signs with PonyRec

Anchorless, the new band from ex-Lack members Jakob Nielsen and Jacob Johansen, have been picked up not by as I would assume, but by the similarly-named . Look for their self-titled debut EP in April.

This Is Head - 0007

is giving away the new This Is Head single "0007" as a free download: https://www.adrianfiles.com/2.0007.mp3

Sirius playlist week #11

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:

01. Laakso - Worst case scenario
02. TALK 1
03. Du Pacque - Walk straight
04. Pascal - Tutti frutti
05. Nirvana 2002 - The awakening of...
06. Lapko - I shot the sheriff
07. TALK 2
08. The Floor is Made of Lava - The bigger picture
09. No Balls - Guilt blocker
10. Obliteration - Styxerian path (into darkness)
11. Next Life - Anti matter
12. TALK 3
13. Ikons - Imperiet
14. The Skull Defekts - Habit
15. Familjen - När planeterna stannat
16. TALK 4
17. Meleeh - Sun and moon
18. Kite - I give you the morning
19. Ef - 401 Lwa
20. TALK 5

Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.

Mailorder is back

I took a few months off to think about the future of my mailorder distro, but I'm back now and ready to do business again: https://www.itsatrap.com/store/
Expect many of the CD titles to be marked down in coming days as I'm still trying to clear out old stock, so if you see something you like, don't be scared by the price. Let's make a deal! Email mailorder@itsatrap.com for all inquiries.

Johnossi - What's the point (video)

Expressen is streaming the new Johnossi video "What's the point": https://tv.expressen.se/noje/1.1914422/johnossi-what-s-the-point

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart

This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:

01. Raga Rockers - Shit Happens
02. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2010
03. Donkeyboy - Caught in a Life
04. Navigators - The Straight And Narrow
05. Ingrid Olava - The Guest
06. Audrey Horne - Audrey Horne
07. WigWam - Non Stop Rock'N'Roll
08. Diverse artister - Dugnad For Haiti
09. Pelbo - Pelbo
10. The Pink Robots - The Pink Robots
11. John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen - For Sant Til Å Være Godt
12. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing
13. Frøya - My American Dream
14. Bjørn Hellfuck - Innforjævlig
15. Burzum - Belus
16. Moddi - Floriography
17. Zeromancer - Death Of Romance
18. Casiokids - Topp Stemning På Lokal Bar
19. Joddski (Jørg1) - Krig & Kjærlighet
20. Bare Egil - I Fyr og Flamme

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart

This week's top 20 Swedish album chart:

01. The Playtones - Rock'n roll dance party
02. Björn Skifs - Da capo
03. Sophie Zelmani - I'm the rain
04. Amanda Jenssen - Happyland
05. Kent - Röd
06. Melissa Horn - Säg ingenting till mig
07. Rigmor Gustafsson & Radio String Quartet Vienna - Calling you
08. Torgny Melin - Dansbandsnatt
09. Erik Grönwall - Erik Grönwall
10. Tomas Andersson Wij - Spår
11. Moto Boy - Lost in the call 12. Zekes - En sån natt
13. Shout Out Louds - Work
14. Dark Tranquillity - We are the void
15. Calle Kristiansson - Calle Kristiansson
16. Nordman - Korsväg
17. Mando Diao - Give me fire!
18. Lars Winnerbäck - Tänk om jag ångrar mig och sen ångrar mig igen
19. Nikola Sarcevic - Nikola & Fattiglapparna
20. Freda' - Ett mysterium

A Smile and a Ribbon coming to NYC Popfest, more

Swedish indiepop act A Smile and a Ribbon are coming to the US in May:

05/23 - Littlefield, NYC, NY (NYC Popfest w/The Embassy, etc.)
05/25 - Lizard Lounge, Boston, MA
05/29 - The Monkey House, Winooski/Burlington, VT
05/30 - Le Divan Orange, Quebec

Lis Er Stille - The real children (video)

Lis Er Stille have a video for their new single "The real children": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXcH2jeBElw

Kleinhenz tour blog

Björn Kleinhenz will be blogging his upcoming tour adventures at this location: https://kleinhenz-tour.blogspot.com/

New Hellbillies album in June

Norwegian act Hellbillies will release their new album on June 7. The first single "Leite etter lykka" will be released on March 15.

All About Jazz praises Elephant9

All About Jazz gives high marks to Elephant9's new album "Walk the Nile": https://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35810